19, Los Angeles police responded after someone calling from the East Coast reported that several people had entered their friend’s home shortly before 5 a.m.
In a too-brief life, Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke had already recast the sound, and center, of hip-hop.
In a too-brief life, Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke had already recast the sound, and center, of hip-hop.
In recent years, Los Angeles homes being rented by musicians have been the targets of several home invasions, according to law enforcement sources.
Later that evening, he posted a photo of the Los Angeles skyline from what appeared to be the home’s backyard.
Although authorities said the assailants did not know the rapper personally, “we believe that Pop Smoke posted his location on social media and that is how they found him,†Tippet said.
Pop Smoke had previously been tied to the Crips street gang, and detectives suspected his killers were probably gang members.
Tippet said the people in custody are associated with a Los Angeles gang.
Pop Smoke was signed to Republic Records through Victor Victor Worldwide, according to the label.
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Richard Winton is an investigative crime writer for the Los Angeles Times and part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2011.
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